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Reports redundant <code>else</code> keywords in <code>if</code>&mdash;<code>else</code> statements and statement chains.
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The <code>else</code> keyword is redundant when all previous branches end with a
<code>return</code>, <code>throw</code>, <code>break</code>, or <code>continue</code> statement. In this case,
the statements from the <code>else</code> branch can be placed after the <code>if</code> statement, and the
<code>else</code> keyword can be removed.
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<p><b>Example:</b></p>
<pre><code>
  if (name == null) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException();
  } else {
      System.out.println(name);
  }
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<p>After the quick-fix is applied:</p>
<pre><code>
  if (name == null) {
      throw new IllegalArgumentException();
  }
  System.out.println(name);
</code></pre>
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<p>Disable the <b>Report when there are no more statements after the 'if' statement</b> option to ignore cases where the <code>if</code>&mdash;<code>else</code> statement is the last statement in a code block.</p>

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